This month’s rider is Mohamed Zaree, famous (or rather notorious) for the first over the handlebars accident on an MTB Egypt group ride (documented here). Photo credits: Assem Ali Maged Name: Mohamed Zaree Age: 28 Where are you from?: Dokki, Cairo What do you do for a living? I am working as a project officer, in Catholic Relief Services (CRS), especially on the Democracy and governance programs. When and why did you start cycling? Well, cycling when I was a [...]

Thiis is a video made by some members of the Cairo Cyclists. The video shows a series of descents in Wadi Degla. The description provided by Dustin of Cairo Cyclists is : Hey Bikers, This collection of clips is hot off the presses. Faysal and I shot most of these on the South Side of Wadi Digla. There are a few notable “North Side” exceptions… namely, Paul’s “Brown Rat” ride near the end of the video. Watch ONLY if you [...]

One of our new members, M.Zaree, has put together an extremely funny short comic of his near-death experience going on a steep downhill (off-trail!) on last Friday’s ride. If you don’t know Arabic, I have provided as good a translation as I could. Thankfully, Zaree came out of the ordeal with minor injuries, and lived to tell the story for incoming waves of mtb novices to learn from “I started off on top of a steep hill, ready to hammer [...]